Israel , World Jewish Congress commemorate expulsion of Jews from Arab countries and Iran

2015. december 1 21:42

WJC News Update – Israel , World Jewish Congress commemorate expulsion of Jews from Arab countries and Iran

 

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 01 December 2015
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Israeli government, WJC commemorate expulsion of Jews from Arab countries

WJC CEO Robert Singer: „It has always been in the interest of those who continue to deny Israel’s legitimacy to focus on Palestinian refugees and ignore the Jewish refugees.”
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King Felipe thanks Sephardic Jews for their loyalty to Spain 523 years after expulsion

„Thank you too for making love prevail over rancour and for teaching your children to love this country,” the Spanish monarch said at an event in Madrid.
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Tales from Sudan: ‘I am a Jew and I need to leave this country’

Here are a few personal stories told by members of the Jewish community in Sudan who left the country more out of necessity than by choice.
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Highest-ranking Soviet spy caught in Israel dies at age 97 – Israel Hayom

01 Dec 2015 In 1983, Marcus Klingberg, who worked at the Israel Institute for Biological Research in Nes Ziona, was arrested and sentenced to 20 years in prison for spying on Israel for the Soviet Union.  READ MORE »
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Netanyahu shakes hands with Abbas for first time in five years – Daily Mail

01 Dec 2015 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shook hands at the Paris’ climate change summit.  READ MORE »
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Netanyahu and Putin hail Israeli-Russian coordination – Israel Hayom

01 Dec 2015 Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on the sidelines of global climate conference in Paris.  READ MORE »
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Paris attacks: Australian grand mufti accused of ‘cover-up’ by Jewish minister – Daily Telegraph (Australia)

01 Dec 2015 The leadership of the grand mufti of Australia was labeled a failure by Minister Josh Frydenberg after he claimed racism and Islamophobia were partly to blame for the Paris attacks.  READ MORE »
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Citing boycott, Jewish academic refuses to help Israeli child – Times of Israel

01 Dec 2015 A UK-based Jewish academic and expert in the history of horses rebuffed a request for information from an Israeli girl, citing as the reason for her refusal Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians.  READ MORE »
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The Barbados Jewish community: A Tale of Jewish survival – Jewish News

01 Dec 2015 In 1929, the community was effectively dead and buried when the last Jew on the island sold the synagogue and ended 300 years of Sephardic Jewish presence in Barbados. But the community had a rebirth in 1931.  READ MORE »
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Woman at center of Jewish divorce controversy remarries without ‘get’ – JTA

01 Dec 2015 A former Maryland woman who was a central figure in the ongoing efforts to reform how the Orthodox Jewish community deals with recalcitrant husbands on Jewish divorces has remarried.  READ MORE »
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Kurds in Iraq commemorate expulsion of Jews

01 Dec 2015 In the Kurdish autonomous region, in northern Iraq, a ceremony was held on Monday to mark the deportation of Jews from Iraq seven decades ago  READ MORE »